Intro

If I've pointed you here, one of the following responses likely fits your recent request. Please review and reach out again if you feel your situation has not been adequately addressed.

Hope that helps. Best of luck,

- Mike

Regarding Teaching Opportunities

Greetings (and perhaps welcome to S&T). While we work toward standardizing the Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) application process, you may try reaching out through your advisor or the department (csdep via email) for opportunities. Current trends have had GTAs associated with CS 1500 (Python), 1570/80 (C++), 1575/85 (C++), and 1972/82 (MATLAB). Note that no foreign student may GTA in their first semester at S&T and any GTA must first successfully pass the GTA workshop prior to assignment as a GTA.

Regarding Research Opportunities

Greetings (and perhaps welcome to S&T). As an Assistant Teaching Professor I have no active research nor funding available. You might see if you can find some Tenured/Tenure-Track faculty who may be willing to support candidates which fit their research interests. Faculty areas of interest should be available at https://cs.mst.edu/faculty-directory/

Considering (CpE) Double Majors and Capstone Sub/Waivers

Historically we have not allowed any sub/waivers from the CpE/EE side in lieu of the final CS Capstone (CS 4096/ CS 4091) course. I believe at least a part of that could be that we can't necessarily guarantee the external projects were actually completed by these specific students (as all we could be able to see is the end product, none of the day-to-day interactions, etc.) and it's also entirely possible the project was scoped to a very small number of students (i.e., not really a “group” project). I am currently working with my counterparts in CpE toward a more cohesive capstone experience moving forward (If you're a current double major taking CpE 4096, CS 3100, or CS 4090, please feel free to reach out via email.).

CS Graduate Student Deficiencies -- Operating Systems (CS 3800)

I can offer you the following alternative to enrolling in the Comp Sci 3800 course to clear your deficiency: if you score a C or higher on all of the current semester's exams of the material, then I will sign off on your COMP SCI 3800 deficiency. If you don't score a C or higher (above 70%), then you will have to actually enroll in COMP SCI 3800 and officially pass the course in order to waive your deficiency.

The first Fall 2021 exam will cover approximately 1/2 of the material and will be administered Wednesday October 6th. The second exam will cover approximately the second 1/2 of the material and will be administered Wednesday November 17th. You MUST confirm with me via email in advance of your desire to take the exams this semester. When you email me with your request, I will provide you with a link to the Operating System study materials and additional details such as the exam location and times.

CS Graduate Student Deficiencies -- Software Engineering (CS 3100)

I can offer you the following alternative to enrolling in the Comp Sci 3100 course to clear your deficiency: if you score a C or higher on my deficiency exam, then I will sign off on your COMP SCI 3100 deficiency. If you don't score a C or higher (above 70%), then you will have to actually enroll in COMP SCI 3100 and officially pass the course in order to waive your deficiency. This exam is a take-home exam which I'll give you 2 weeks to complete once you've requested the exam from me via email. The exam can be answered given the content from Rod Stephens Software Engineering book. You should be able to temporarily check out a hard copy from the CS Office (See Al in 325 G) if you need it. If you would like to exercise this option, email me requesting the Software Engineering Deficiency Exam when you would like your 2-week window to begin.